phrase (relative clause) · formal

most of whom + V

Band 5-6task2speaking

used to indicate that the majority of people in a previously mentioned group have a certain characteristic or did something

Examples

They surveyed 200 households, most of whom supported the new policy.

We met twelve researchers, most of whom were early-career scholars.

He taught a class of twenty students, most of whom showed great enthusiasm.

Band 8 sentence

The initiative reached thousands of residents, most of whom reported a measurable improvement in daily commute times.

Collocations

  • most of whom supported
  • most of whom were

Word family

most who phrase (informal)most of them phrase

Common mistakes

most whommost of whom

most of whichmost of whom

Say it for a higher band

5most of them6most who7+most of whom + V

Synonyms

most of them

Easily confused

most of whom vs most who

We interviewed 50 participants, most of whom expressed concern about air quality.

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